‘I was actually mean to my body. Which may sound strange. But I never found my body beautiful or worth staying in tune with.

‘I got tired of hiding this part of me. I got tired of dealing with my experiences of self-hate alone.’

As Jacinda grew to embrace and love her body, she decided to share her experiences online.

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‘I wanted people to know that is was possible to love yourself,’ she explained. ‘I wanted people know that the journey of self-loathing that you’re on will eventually run out of road run and it will have to eventually come to an end.

‘Let us embrace our fat stomachs and not just the kind society deems as okay.

‘The ones where the belly outline is visible. The ones where when you wear high wasted jeans, your stomach goes over the jeans.

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‘Let women embrace their stretchmarks and cellulite. Let us embrace our nonphotoshopped body. Let us just be comfortable with ourselves and flaunt it.’

Through her self-love and body positivity, Jacinda’s racked up a loyal following, and regularly receives messages from people telling her how much she’s helped them to love themselves.

It’s those messages that make Jacinda feel brilliant about what she’s doing – even when she gets hate in the comments.

Her mission is simple: to keep inspiring us all to embrace ourselves, our bodies, and all the stuff we’ve been insecure about, and to enjoy the joy and peace we gain as a result.

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To all girls and women feeling insecure about the way they look, Jacinda has this message: ‘One day you will be a fan of that anxious little reflection waiting to be embraced.

‘You’ll eventually come in sync with that reflection and finally love yourself.

‘You’ll finally embrace those flaws, insecurities, and imperfections you once submerged in self-hate.

‘You’ll finally survive that drowning feeling and be able to reach the surface and gasp a whole new journey of fresh air.

‘I was once that person with the life jacket on battling between two stages of wanting to drown and wanting to stay afloat. I chose the second option. And well here I am today feeling better than ever.’